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Police rescued a 17-year-old malnourished girl, allegedly locked up in a goat pen by her aunt,

The Plateau State Police Command has rescued a 17-year-old malnourished girl, allegedly locked up in a goat pen by her aunt, for over one week in Rikkos, Jos North Local Government Area of the state.  A neighbour alerted the National Human Rights Commission in Jos after which the police were invited, leading to her rescue. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the aunt was fond of maltreating and starving the girl, an orphan. Coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission in Plateau, Mrs Grace Pam, confirmed the girl’s rescue in a statement on Friday, November 18, 2022.  "The commission received information from an anonymous complainant that the girl was locked up on the balcony of a house by her aunt," she said.  “She was living with her grandmother before she came to the aunt’s house because the grandmother was ill and could not continue to care for her. "The complainant alleged that the aunt travelled for close to a week and left the girl without food. ...

Portable’s Signee, Manny Monie, Speaks After Assault

Portable’s Signee, Manny Monie, Speaks After Assault The artiste, Manny Monie, signed to Portable’s Zeh Nation record label, has spoken after he was assaulted and insulted by the latter. In a  video trending online on Friday, Portable accused Manny Monie of being ungrateful and said he employed two music distributors without his (Portable) knowledge. Hours after the video went viral on social media,  Manny Monie, shared a video via his Instagram account explaining what happened. In Pidgin English, he said, "I no know wetin I do am, he just dey tell me sey I dey ungrateful. My brother bought me studio set. I was the one that own the studio (set) that Portable is using. He said he had a dream that some people wants to kill him that we should give him space and I said that I should carry my studio (set) to use till he call us back and he refused that he wants to use the studio (set) to replace the help he did for me. He seized my phone since morning.” Credit: Instagram | manny_mo...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA ,has removed shanties and illegal structures in Katampe

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA ,has removed shanties and illegal structures in Katampe . During the exercise, a woman who happened to be one of the affected persons bite One of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), officer in the taskforce team . The tussle occurred when the officers attempted to pin her down from taking aggressive action. The officer who bled profusely after she was bitten was immediately rushed to the hospital, while the woman in question was arrested and taken to Gwarinpa Police station. The Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Comrade Ikharo Attah said the offender has been handed over to the Police for further action. "Attack on the taskforce is normal in our operation. The security lady that was bitten by the other woman was very civil, and another woman bite her in the process of doing her job, but we will leave the Police to do their job. She has already been handed ov...

Lady who jumped into Lagos Lagoon a DSS staff

Lady who jumped into Lagos Lagoon a DSS staff The lady who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon on Thursday afternoon has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, a staff of the Department of State Services (DSS). According to the Uber driver, Adedokun had an argument with her boyfriend and in the heat of the altercation, she ordered him to stop and disembarked from the cab. She had alighted from a Uber taxi, headed towards the railings of the bridge and plunged into the lagoon. About four months ago, she was said to have received commendations from the DG, DSS, as the best unarmed combat operative in her set. The victim’s fiancé was also reported to have proposed to her a few weeks ago. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu who confirmed the incident said a search and rescue team had been mobilised to search for her body. LRT officials, Men of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), and officials of the D...

Hushpuppi will become pastor after jail term - Maduagwu

  Hushpuppi will become pastor after jail term - Maduagwu Actor Uche Maduagwu has predicted about the popular convicted Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Abass Olorunwa aka Hushpuppi will become a gospel minister after his jail term. Hushpuppi was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison, US by Justice Otis Wright II, for conspiring to launder tens of millions of dollars from online scams. He'll however be spending nine years in prison because he had spent two years already. The instagram celebrity was also ordered to pay over $1.7m in restitution to two fraud victims. Reacting to Hushpuppi's travail, Maduagwu stated he foresees him embracing Christ and becoming a pastor. Maduagwu said: "I See Hushpuppi Becoming A Pastor In Future And Preaching Salvation. There Is Nobody God No Fit Give Second Chance."